Haryana on Saturday reported 1967 Covid-19 fresh cases, taking the total tally to 230,713 and 30 new fatalities, taking the total count to 2375. A total of 2421 patients were released from hospitals after their recovery, taking the total count to 208,422.
Of the 30 deaths, five each were reported from worst-hit Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar and Bhiwani districts while two each in Rohtak, Rewari, Yamunanagar,Sirsa and one each from Sonepat and Jhajjar, according to the State health department's daily bulletin. The districts which reported a huge spike in cases include Gurugram (668), Faridabad (387), Hisar (134), Rohtak (96), Sonepat (80) and Rewari (72).
At present, there are 19,916 active cases, positivity rate in the state is 6.77 per cent, fatality rate is 1.03 per cent doubling rate is 66 days while the recovery rate is 90.34 per cent. There were 418 critical patients, including 364 on oxygen support and 54 on ventilators.
745 CASES 28 DEATHS IN PUNJAB
Twenty eight more fatalities linked to Covid-19 in Punjab pushed the death toll from the disease to 4765 while 745 new cases raised the infection tally to 1,50,805 on Saturday, according to a medical bulletin.
Six deaths were reported from Bathinda, five from Ludhiana, three each from Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, two each from Gurudaspur, Mansa, Taran and one each from Fazilka, Pathankot and Sangrur, the bulletin said. The state has 7834 active Covid-19 cases, according to the bulletin. The places which reported fresh coronavirus cases included SAS Nagar (178), Ludhiana (100) and Jalandhar (99), it said.
A total of 576 patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the Covid-19 recovery count to 1,38,206 in the State. Fifteen critical patients are on ventilator support while 164 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. A total of 31,56,767 samples have been collected for Covid-19 testing in Punjab, it said.
4 DEATHS, 89 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Four more people succumbed to coronavirus in Chandigarh on Saturday as 89 fresh cases took the infection count in the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana to 17246, according to a bulletin. So far, the disease has claimed 274 lives in the union territory. There are 1115 active cases as of now, the bulletin said. A total of 160 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 15,857, the bulletin said. Till now, 1,40,646 samples have been taken for testing, of which 1,22,601 tested negative while reports of 168 samples are awaited, it said.